Absolution
by Muse
- Type: Album
- Released: September 29, 2003
- Label: Taste, EastWest, Taste Media Limited, Warner
- Country: United Kingdom
- Length: 58:33
- Community rating: 3.98/5 from 33 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Muse's third studio album, 'Absolution', is a work of immense scale, blending alternative, progressive, and art rock with powerful classical influences. The album carries a noticeably darker and heavier tone than its predecessors, with lyrical themes centered on apocalyptic concepts, love, and political paranoia. Polished production from Rich Costey results in a colossal, dynamic sound that solidifies the band's reputation for theatrical and epic compositions, establishing it as a fan favorite and a cornerstone of their discography.
Genres
Descriptors: death, male vocalist, maximalist, melodic, political, progressive
Tracklist
- Intro (1:44)
- Apocalypse Please (4:12)
- Time is Running Out (3:56)
- Sing for Absolution (4:55)
- Stockholm Syndrome (4:56)
- Falling Away with You (4:39)
- Interlude (0:38)
- Hysteria (3:47)
- Blackout (4:22)
- Butterflies & Hurricanes (5:02)
- The Small Print (3:28)
- Fury (5:00)
- Endlessly (3:48)
- Thoughts of a Dying Atheist (3:08)
- Ruled by Secrecy (4:53)
Credits
- Muse - primary artist, producer
- Audrey Riley - arranged by [string arrangements by]
- Matthew Bellamy - arranged by [string arrangements by], lead vocals, guitar [guitars], keyboards, lyrics by, music by
- Chris Wolstenholme - bass guitar, backing vocals, music by
- Dan Abbott - cover [cover design], design [cover design]
- Storm Thorgerson - cover [cover design], design [cover design]
- Dominic Howard - drums, percussion, music by
- Roger Lian - edited by [digital]
- Rich Costey - engineer, mixed by, producer, producer [additional production], engineer [additional engineering]
- Wally Gagel - engineer, engineer [digital engineering], engineer [additional engineering]
- Adam Noble - engineer [assistant, air]
- Darren Mora - engineer [assistant, cello]
- Jason Gossman - engineer [assistant, cello]
- Ciaran Bradshaw - engineer [assistant, grouse lodge]
- Donald Clark - engineer [assistant, livingston]
- Tom Joyce - engineer [assistant, sawmills]
- Dennis Smith - executive-producer
- Safta Jaffery - executive-producer
- Lee Baker - layout
- Alex Wall - management
- Anthony Addis - management
- Tom Kirk - management
- Howie Weinberg - mastered by
- Rupert Truman - photography by
- Sean Winstanley - photography by
- Perou - photography by [band photo]
- Sam Winston - typography [typographic book]
- Paul Reeve - vocals [vocal samples], backing vocals [additional], producer
- Symphony Of Voices - vocals [vocal samples]
- John Cornfield - engineer, producer